[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5168 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5168

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the compensation 
   rules under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for 
    vaccines administered before the effective date of such program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2000

  Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the compensation 
   rules under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for 
    vaccines administered before the effective date of such program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jared Morgan Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM; STRIKING OF 
              PROVISION REGARDING SEPARATE COMPENSATION RULES FOR 
              VACCINES ADMINISTERED BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 2115 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300aa-15) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``after the effective date of this part'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (j) as 
        subsections (b) through (i), respectively;
            (4) in subsection (h)(1) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``subsection (j)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)''; and
            (5) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``subsection (f)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (e)(4)(B)''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
petitions under section 2111 of the Public Health Service Act that are 
filed on or after August 1, 2000, or are pending as of such date.
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